3rd of December 2015. MEPhI has been ranked the 3rd among Russian universities – participants of the project “5-100”, taking the 26th place among the top 200 universities from 35 countries (including BRICS countries, Baltic states as well as Mexico, Poland, Czech Republic, UAE and others).

“It is great news that Russia has 15 institutions in this list, with seven of these sitting within the top 50, up from three last year”, said the chief editor of Times Higher Education rankings Phil Baty. “These rankings are based on the same established and trusted thirteen performance indicators used to create the annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings, but they are specially calibrated to reflect the development priorities of universities in emerging economies. Russia has made huge efforts to improve its higher education system in recent years, including the launch of its project 5-100 initiative, which is designed to provide enough federal support to help at least five Russian universities enter the world top 100 by 2020. It seems the nation’s universities are already reaping the rewards of the scheme, but Russia will have to continue to work hard to ensure it can compete with rival developing nations, such as China, which are also heavily investing in higher education.”

The Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Alexander Povalko noticed that two years ago only Moscow and St. Petersburg universities were in the THE BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings. In turn, the head of the International Advisory Board of QS World University rankings Martin Ince expressed confidence that Russian universities need to pay attention to science so that to succeed in the rankings.

Russian universities in the ranking of Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings-2016